I was fascinated watching the colors change in the gorgeous hand-dyed yarn I used in my latest shawl project, and I became a little obsessed with knowing the yarn’s backstory….
Hand Dyed Sock Yarn & Color-Coded Charts for the Win
Hand dyed sock yarn is such a treat to work with! This pink tonal yarn is from one of my favorite indie dyers, Gina at Global Backyard. I’ve written a…
Fancy No Purl Monkey Socks
I bought two skeins of this special cashmere blend sock yarn from Rainbow Peak Yarns on etsy and I was saving it for something special, but then one day I…
Socks of Kindness: Ten Years in the Making!
Last November, I was cleaning out my Ravelry Queue and I found this pattern that I had queued in November 2010. I guess it stood out to me that this…
New Yarn!
Just for funsies, here is some new sock yarn I bought on Etsy last month. Love, love, love these skeins and I think I did a good job with these…
Can I Get Sprinkles On My Latte?
These socks aren’t finished, but I couldn’t wait to show off how cute they are, so they get a WIP post! The pattern is Vanilla Latte and the yarn is Craftily Dyed…
Paragon Socks
Eric and I went on a trip to Vermont last spring but I didn’t get a chance to buy any souvenir yarn so I hit up Etsy when I got…
Speckle Footie Socks Made from Leftover Yarn
Knitting hexipuffs was my go-to plan for using up leftover sock yarn but I’ve taken a bit of a break from them so the yarn bits have been piling up. …
Yarn Review: Expression Fiber Arts Pearlescent Fingering
I saw the most beautiful yarn on instagram last week in a project by @thinminnt (who is definitely worth a follow, BTW!). She told me that the yarn is from…
Prairie Spring Socks: Wonderful Pattern for Speckled Sock Yarn
Over the summer I bought some amazing speckled yarn from ICraftOutsideTheBox on etsy. The colorway is called Sunshine and Rainbows and the colors are so much fun! Reminds me of…